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UN Agency: People Must Change Diets to Achieve SDGs
March 07, 2019
The UN Environment Programme is calling for a global transformation of farming techniques and a shift in people’s diets to promote “human health and environmental sustainability,” demonstrating the extensive and personal reach of both the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate accord.
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World Bank Graphic Pushes for “Climate-Smart Mining”
March 07, 2019
The World Bank has produced an infographic explaining how governments need to push mining companies to employ “climate-smart” practices to reduce their impacts on global warming while they extract more minerals used in renewable energy processes.
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World Bank Conference Considers Best Practices in Carbon Taxation
March 07, 2019
The World Bank’s Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition recently hosted a conference in New Delhi bringing together researchers to determine best practices in taxing companies for their greenhouse gas emissions to advance the agenda to combat climate change.
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WEF Report Calls for Climate Finance from Sovereign Wealth Funds
March 07, 2019
Echoing efforts in civil society to redirect funds from private banks to fund economic rights and climate goals, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has published a report calling on sovereign wealth funds to shift their financing to help economies avoid becoming “stranded” due to reliance on fossil fuels in an age of climate action.
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NGOs Call for Broad Corporate Reporting Under EU Law
March 06, 2019
A coalition of nongovernmental organizations has produced a report calling on European companies disclosing their social and environmental impacts under the EU’s Non-financial Reporting Directive to use as a model the NGO-produced UNGP Reporting Framework and pushing the EU to sanction companies for non-compliance.
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